Not since the classic 1,000 Places to See Before You Die has there been such a call to adventure. Whether you’re an armchair traveler, an occasional tourist, a seasoned globe-trotter, a daring adventurer, or an intrepid explorer, there’s something for you in LOOKING FOR LEGENDS: Let Us Take You Somewhere You’ve Never Been Before, and Introduce You to Our Friends (Whole Wide World Publishing; April 2, 2024).

Joined at the heart by a love for travel and adventure, Scott and Tarantino provide witty commentary as they circumnavigate the globe in a book that is part travelogue, part history, and part good, old fashioned, action story. These married travelers spanned the globe for 25 years and discovered that travel is more than anticipating and planning the journey, reaching the destination, or seeing the sights. It’s about the people you meet along the way. Within these pages are the incredible individuals they found—the towering legends who truly lived.

Complete with original, hand-drawn maps and more than 150 images, LOOKING FOR LEGENDS takes you to places that exceed your wildest dreams. Trek through the Empty Quarter with Wilfred Thesiger. Dance the tango with Ricardo Guiraldes. Unlock the secrets of the Rosetta Stone with Jean-François Champollion. Discover an invisible country across the top of the world with Knud Rasmussen. Find the 15th Eight-Thousander with Reinhold Messner. Live through hell with Anna Akhmatova. Hunt a man-eating tiger with Jim Corbett. Ingest the Plants of the Gods with Richard Evans Schultes. And many more.